Borehole R-1653, Ülgase Fm., Bed C (Cambrian of Estonia)

Where: Harju, Estonia (59.3° N, 26.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.4° S, 12.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Agnostus pisiformis trilobite zone, Ülgase Formation, Maentwrogian (497.0 - 496.8 Ma)

• "Bed C", in Holmer & Popov (1990). PJW: lower half of formation is Agnostus pisiformis zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; brown, gray claystone and gray siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. E. Holmer and L. E. Popov. 1990. The acrotretacean brachiopod Ceratreta tanneri (Metzger) from the Upper Cambrian of Baltoscandia. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 112(3):249-263 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191183: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 13.01.2018

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Acrotretida - Ceratretidae
Ceratreta tanneri Metzger 1922